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Top (m) Opening Levels: 890.29 m (C), 889.04 (N), preserved heights.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar...
Underlies Nothing.
Bottom (m) Closing Levels: Unknown.
Location East side of temple proper area, along west boundary of trench.
Phase V
Overlies Unknown.
Stage Stage 2
Description Locus 8 is the eastern Intercolumnar Wall of the temple building. It is composed of medium-large sandstone blocks, many with diagonal dressing, laid into regular, well-built courses, using the inner colonnade as a skeleton. An arched doorway (Locus 7) and three windows (Loci 12, 13 and 14) are built into the wall and face into the Eastern Corridor from the Simon Staircase.
Definition Intercolumnar Wall
Stage Description Construction of the intercolumnar walls between the columns of the east colonnade.
Combined with None.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 8 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 65 Part I". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9d63ab60-ac4b-4623-de0f-c0d189054ac1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2183cf06

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